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Groups like JeM one of the greatest obstacles to resolving Kashmir issue: Expert Read more At: https://www.aninews.in/news/world/us/groups-like-jem-one-of-the-greatest-obstacles-to-resolving-kashmir-issue-expert20200322102304/

ANI March 22, 2020 Terrorist organisations like Jaish-e- Mohammed have become part of Pakistan strategy for wresting Kashmir from Indian control and maybe one of the greatest obstacles  to resolving the crisis in the valley, a US-based author said in a report for the  New York Times. Writing in the American publication, award-winning author Yudhijit Bhattacharjeeput forth a detailed narrative of how JeM founder and chief Masood Azhar has orchestrated attacks of violence against India over the past two decades following his release after the IC-814 hijack in the year 1999. The author said that Azhar's success in orchestrating a series of attacks on Indian soil in recent years has angered India to the point that eliminating him and his organisation has become a key strategic objective for India's security establishment. Last year, the JeM had claimed responsibility for the deadly Pulama terror attack that claimed the lives of ...

Top commanders killed in Valley, Jaish activates new launch pads across LoC: Officials

The Hindustan Times April 16, 2019 By Shishir Gupta According to the counter-terror and police officials, none of whom wished to be identified, the reason for the activation of the launch pads is to boost the Jaish’s strength and capabilities in the state. Terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) launch pads in new locations across the Line of Control have been activated ahead of a possible effort to push terrorists from the Pakistan-based group into Jammu and Kashmir, top counter-terror officials and senior Jammu and Kashmir police officials said, although the latter added that this is because Indian security forces have eliminated most of the Jaish leadership in the valley. They added that Mohammad Umair, JeM chief Masood Azhar’s nephew, who was seen around Pulwama in February, when a terrorist affiliated to it carried out a suicide attack on a CRPF convoy, killing 40, has either been killed or has gone back to Pakistan. According to the counter- terror and police ...

Jaish-e-Mohammad owns up Jammu Army camp attack, Masood Azhar hails jihadis

The Indian Express February 18,2018 The Sunjuwan attack was carried out at military station by three militants in the wee hours of February 10, leaving five soldiers and a relative of a soldier dead. Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar has written about the attack on the Sunjuwan military station in Jammu on February 10, in the latest issue of the outfit’s online mouthpiece, saying, “Only three mujahideen destroyed the Sunjuwan military camp. For three days, they withstood thousands of troops, special squads, helicopters and tanks. Entire India from head to toe panicked.” In another article in the issue, a Jaish leader says the attack was launched by “the Afzal Guru squad” of Jaish.  Azhar wrote about the attack in his weekly column ‘Rang-u-Noor’, under his pen name Saidi, in the February 14 edition of Al Qalam. Though he didn’t take responsibility for the attack, he wrote that “the attack by these three fidayeens has carried forward the legacy of Khalid Bin...